Shows Like LIAR GAME

If you liked LIAR GAME (2026), a animation and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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Tales of Wedding Rings (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
Sato is a high school boy in love with his best friend Hime, an unearthly beauty from another realm. So when she moves back to her home world to get married, Sato doesn’t think twice—he follows her and crashes the…
2
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition (2022)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and drama
When lone swordsman Guts is defeated in a duel by Griffith, ambitious leader of the Band of the Hawk mercenaries, he now must fight for him. Distrustful of all at first, through hard-fought battles, he soon begins to…
3
Berserk (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even…
4
Basilisk (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
The story takes place in the year 1614. Two ninja clans, Tsubagakure of the Iga and Manjidani of Kouga, battle each other to determine which grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu will become the next shogun. The deadly…
5
Parasyte -the maxim- (2014)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama
A species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming…
6
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and drama
After learning heretical teachings about the Earth and the Sun, a child prodigy searches for his master's hidden research while evading the Inquisition.
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Buso Renkin (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream; however, he soon finds out that…
8
Araiya-san! Ore to Aitsu ga Onnayu de!? (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
Male student Souta Tsukishima begins working at his family's public bathhouse as a back washer. While concealing her true identity, Souta's classmate Aoi Yuzuki visits the bathhouse. A relationship between the two…
9
Daemons of the Shadow Realm (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also animation
Yuru, a young hunter, lives in a small village deep in the mountains, hunting wild game and leading a humble life with Asa, his younger twin sister. Their peaceful lives are torn apart when a dragon’s roar echoes…
10
Tengoku Daimakyo (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious…
11
Stigma of the Wind (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
Four years ago, Kazuma Kannagi was defeated by his cousin Ayano Kannagi for the right to be the successor of Enraiha, a sword passed down in the Kannagi family. His defeat, along with his lack of talent for En-Jutsu…
12
Yosuga no Sora (2010)
★ 7/10Also animation and drama
Kasugano Haruka and his sister Sora have lost both their parents in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with their late…
13
Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
14
Trinity Blood (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
Many centuries ago, man's Armageddon gave birth to the vampires' wrath. As man and immortal clash, a reality-shattering threat looms. Hope resides solely in a new breed of hunter operating under the Vatican's…
15
Taboo Tattoo (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
The story follows Justice Akazuka (a.k.a. Seigi), a young man who is good at martial arts. One day, Seigi rescues a homeless old man from some thugs, and the man gives him an object that imprints a tattoo on his palm…
16
Blade of the Immortal (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift…
17
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and drama
Real estate agents Reiko Kujirai and Hajime Kudo work in the nostalgic Kowloon Walled City. As they spend more time together, Reiko’s feelings for Hajime grow. But when she finds a photo of him and his former fiancée…
18
The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and drama
Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has…
19
SWORD GAI: The Animation (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
The swordsmith Amon accidentally comes across an infant and its dead mother in the forest. Although he is initially overwhelmed by the situation, he finally decides to take the boy with him and thus save him from…
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SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and drama
After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfriend and classmate, but especially thanks…